| The distinctive roof design shows this to be Stockwell Garage, which was a good place to find service vehicles until the late 1980s. Stockwell was used as a maintenance (or 'docking') base for many of the heavy lorries owned by London Transport, and it was perhaps unique in having a pit area dedicated to such vehicles. The garage evidently still had room to spare and it was also regularly used to park up Scottish coaches laying over between runs to Victoria Coach Station. Three of these (including an MCW Metroliner double-decker and a Duple 340) can be seen in the background of this photo, as well as one of the home-allocated DMS buses. 2383D was one of several LT Dodge Commando dropside lorries that had the longer bodywork. Such vehicles lacked the crew-cabs and tail-lifts normally found on the shorter variants, and were among the most long-lasting. 2383D had been new in February 1983 and lasted a shade over ten years. |
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6511 |
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c.1986 |
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01/12/2020 |
